Star Wars and Strategic Defense Initiative
- The Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) - Also known as “Star Wars”; wanted to have a defensive umbrella over the U.S. to shoot down incoming missiles from space
- Soviets could not afford to keep up with this kind of science
- The arms race would not fizzle out until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the USSR in 1985
"What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars."- Mikhail Gorbachev
Subjunctive Question
Why did the Soviets fear the states this much ?
Summary
The US developed the Strategic Defence Initiative to shoot down oncoming missiles from space. Smart weapons like guided planes were quickly advancing. The soviets could not afford to keep up with this kind of science.